How To Install wmsystemtray on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmsystemtray on Kali Linux.

What is wmsystemtray

wmsystemtray is:

wmsystemtray is a system tray using the freedesktop.org system tray protocol designed as a Window Maker dock app. It has the ability to display more than one dock window to make room for more tray icons, and the ability to scroll through the icons if more are present than will fit.

There are three methods to install wmsystemtray on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wmsystemtray Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wmsystemtray using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wmsystemtray

Install wmsystemtray Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wmsystemtray using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wmsystemtray

Install wmsystemtray Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install wmsystemtray using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmsystemtray

How To Uninstall wmsystemtray on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wmsystemtray package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wmsystemtray

Uninstall wmsystemtray And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wmsystemtray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmsystemtray

Remove wmsystemtray Configurations and Data

To remove wmsystemtray configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wmsystemtray

Remove wmsystemtray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wmsystemtray configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmsystemtray

Dependencies

wmsystemtray have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libice6

References

• wmsystemtray website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmsystemtray package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.